TY - JOUR
T1 - New procedures to assess executive functions in preschool children
AU - Espy, K. A.
AU - Kaufmann, P. M.
AU - Glisky, M. L.
AU - McDiarmid, M. D.
N1 - Funding Information:
*This research was supported, in part, by grants to the first author from the University of Arizona Foundation (I/5ESPY) and the Southern Illinois University Office of Research Development Administration, Special Research Program. The authors thank the staff from the Beginning School, Presbyterian Child Development Center, and the Child Development Laboratory and the participating families. Address correspondence to: Kimberly Andrews Espy, Department of Psychiatry, Mailcode 6503, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL, 62901-6503, USA. E-mail: kespy@siumed.edu Accepted for publication: October 30, 2000.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Executive functions are difficult to assess in preschool children, yet the preschool period is particularly important, both in the development of behavioral control and of the brain, particularly the prefrontal cortex. Several tasks were adapted from developmental and neuroscience literature and then administered to 98 preschool children (30-, 36-, 42-, 48- and 60-month age groups). Executive function task performance was related largely to age group, but not to sex or intelligence. These tasks, then, were sensitive in this age range and may be useful to delineate distinct cognitive profiles among preschool children with various neurological and developmental disorders.
AB - Executive functions are difficult to assess in preschool children, yet the preschool period is particularly important, both in the development of behavioral control and of the brain, particularly the prefrontal cortex. Several tasks were adapted from developmental and neuroscience literature and then administered to 98 preschool children (30-, 36-, 42-, 48- and 60-month age groups). Executive function task performance was related largely to age group, but not to sex or intelligence. These tasks, then, were sensitive in this age range and may be useful to delineate distinct cognitive profiles among preschool children with various neurological and developmental disorders.
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U2 - 10.1076/clin.15.1.46.1908
DO - 10.1076/clin.15.1.46.1908
M3 - Article
C2 - 11778578
AN - SCOPUS:0034978612
SN - 1385-4046
VL - 15
SP - 46
EP - 58
JO - Clinical Neuropsychologist
JF - Clinical Neuropsychologist
IS - 1
ER -